Fingerprint Digital, the network for children’s games, learning tools and entertainment on mobile devices, has secured $1.4 million from K2MediaLabs, THQ, Reed Elsevier Ventures and Suffolk Holdings. Fingerprint Digital is based in San Francisco.
Lazard Ltd hired Timothy M. George to join the bank's Financial Advisory business. George was previously a founding partner of boutique investment bank Greenhill & Co and a member of its management committee.
Highland Capital Partners is adding Sam Brooks as a principal for its European team. Brooks comes to the VC after most recently working with Insight Venture Partners, on investments including PhotoBox, OverDrive, Groupalia, Mentez, Studio Moderna, 3P Learning, Privalia, Beatport, PerTrac, Netsmart Technologies (sold to Genstar Capital) and Primavera Systems (sold to Oracle).
Babson Capital said Thursday it has provided $12.15 million of mezz debt and $1 million equity for Linden Capital's investment in Strata Pathology Services. Strata, of Lexington, Mass., offers anatomic pathology services in the dermatology, urology, podiatry, oral pathology, gastroenterology and gynecology segments.
Hamilton Lane, which provides PE asset management services, said Thursday that it plans to open an office in Rio de Janeiro. It has hired Ricardo Fernandez Silva Jr. and Filipe Caldas as VPs to expand the firm's presence in Brazil. Both Fernandez and Caldas were previously with Capital Dynamics.
Resurgence Capital has secured debt financing from Javlin Capital to acquire charged-off consumer debt portfolios, using as its strategic advisor the Washington, D.C.-based firm Greenberg Advisors. Resurgence, based in Deerfield, Ill., purchases and collects charged-off credit card receivables. Chicago-based Javlin partners with buyers of servicing-intensive financial assets, including non-performing consumer debt. PRESS RELEASE: Greenberg Advisors, LLC (“Greenberg”), […]
The Boston-based healthcare investment bank Leerink Swann has brought aboard Bill Suddath as a managing director. Suddath will establish and lead the firm’s healthcare IT and technology-enabled services franchise. Suddath joins Leerink Swann from Robert W. Baird & Co., where he was a managing director. PRESS RELEASE: Healthcare investment bank Leerink Swann announced that Bill Suddath […]
Danvers, Mass-based Seacoast Capital, a firm targeting the lower middle market, has hired Timothy Fay as a partner in its San Francisco office. Previously, Fay was a managing partner and the co-founder of Cleveland, Oh.-based Key Principal Partners (whose team has since launched Cyprium Partners). PRESS RELEASE: Danvers, MA, September 7, 2011 – Seacoast Capital (“Seacoast”) […]
Harris Williams & Co., the Richmond, Va.-headquartered middle market advisor, has hired Michael Wilkins as its senior tech banker on the West Coast. Wilkins will head the company’s U.S. efforts in Internet and digital media. Prior to joining Harris Williams & Co., Wilkins was a managing director at Sagent Advisors where he co-founded the firm’s technology […]
French buyout shop Astorg Partners is in exclusive talks to buy the microconnections division of French electrical connectors maker FCI from Bain Capital. The $1 billion deal is backed by 355 million euros ($498.3 million) of debt, Reuters reported Thursday. Goldman Sachs, Nomura and Royal Bank of Canada have been instructed as bookrunners and mandated lead arrangers, Reuters wrote.